


By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A major downtown intersection will be kept closed through at least Thursday evening as crews work to repair a 15-foot sinkhole, according to city officials. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Alexandria police on Wednesday identified a 22-year-old man fatally shot overnight by an off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A witness who helped convict a man in the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy lied during the trial when he testified he had never previously provided information to law enforcement in other criminal cases, attorneys revealed in court Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
The convergence of two events this week — one by the hand of God, the other man-made — might leave us asking, “What can I do?” and “What should our government do?” Published May 22, 2013 Comments

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press
A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Memorial Day travelers will have slightly less company on the roads this year because of the effects of sequestration, travel officials said Tuesday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
The District’s Office of Tax and Revenue failed to collect $6.5 million over a five-year period because it did not charge penalty fees to businesses that owed money — a punitive system now under review because officials said it was too ambiguous to enforce. Published May 20, 2013 Comments

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Democrats tried to shift the focus Monday away from their own embattled gubernatorial candidate to newly minted Republican lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson, whose controversial remarks on abortion and gay rights have quickly landed the fiery Chesapeake minister in the national spotlight. Published May 20, 2013 Comments

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Authorities have made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to shoot and kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood. Published May 19, 2013 Comments

By Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records. Published May 19, 2013 Comments

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Republicans will put up an unquestionably conservative ticket in the fall elections, a prospect delighting the party’s base and presenting a crystal-clear contrast with Democrats in what is likely to be the marquee election of 2013. Published May 18, 2013 Comments

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The U.S. Capitol Black Police Association is staging a protest on Tuesday against what members decry as a hostile and discriminatory work environment. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
Richmond's top prosecutor is looking into gifts to Gov. Bob McDonnell in an investigation requested by Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. Published May 22, 2013
By Associated Press
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. Published May 22, 2013
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
There is no better name for an event that resonates with patriotism, deep loyalty, sacrifice, a sense of mission and authentic history: Rolling Thunder. Oh, yeah. Here they come. They're rolling, and it is thunderous. Published May 22, 2013